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Chapter 1 Introducing VMware Lab Manager SOAP API
Standards Compliance and Compatible Development
Platforms
TheLabManagerWebServiceSOAPAPIcomplieswithSOAP1.1,WSDL1.1,and
otherstandardsidentifiedintheWS‐IBasicProfileVersion1.1.TheLabManagerWeb
ServiceSOAPAPIworkswithcurrentSOAPdevelopmentenvironmentsthatadhere
totheBasicProfileVersion1.1standards.Theexamplesinthis
documentusethe
MicrosoftVisualStudio.NET2003developmentenvironmentandtheC#
programminglanguage.
IfyouareusingVisualStudiofor.NETdevelopment,VMwarerecommendsthatyou
useVisualStudio2003orhigher.
Security
ClientapplicationsthataccesstheLabManagerdatainyourorganizationaresubjectto
thesamesecurityprotectionsthatareusedintheLabManagerWebconsole.Lab
ManagerexposesallSOAPAPImethodsusingSSL.
WhenaccessingtheSOAPAPIwiththeWebserviceURL,youmightseeanSSL
certificatewarning.Acceptthecertificate tousetheAPIorreplacethecertificatewitha
validsignedcertificate.
User Authentication
Clientapplicationsmustprovidevalidcredentials—aLabManageruseraccountand
password—witheachLabManagerWebservicemethodcall.Theuseraccountmust
haveAdministratorprivilegesontheLabManagerServ er.TheLabManagerServer
authenticatesthesecredentials.
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OTE Implementationdifferencesincertaindevelopmentplatformsmightprevent
accesstosomeorallofthefeaturesintheLabManagerWebserviceSOAPAPI.